Not to be confused with National Express East Anglia.
This article discusses a former train operator. For its successor, see East Coast.
National Express East Coast
InterCity 125 HST at London King's Cross in 2009
Overview
Franchise(s)
InterCity East Coast 9 December 2007 – 13 November 2009
Main region(s)
London
East of England
East Midlands
Yorkshire
North East England
Scotland
Fleet size
14 InterCity 125 HST sets
31 InterCity 225 sets
5 Class 180 Adelante units (never used)
Stations called at
53
Stations operated
12
Parent company
National Express
Reporting mark
GR
Predecessor
GNER
Successor
East Coast
Other
Website
nationalexpresseastcoast.com
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NXEC route
Legend
Inverness
Carrbridge
Aviemore
Kingussie
Newtonmore
Blair Atholl
Pitlochry
Dunkeld & Birnam
Perth
Gleneagles
Dunblane
Stirling
Falkirk
Aberdeen
Stonehaven
Montrose
Arbroath
Dundee
Leuchars
Kirkcaldy
Inverkeithing
Glasgow Central
Motherwell
Haymarket
Edinburgh Waverley
Dunbar
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Alnmouth
Morpeth
Newcastle
Durham
Darlington
Northallerton
York
Harrogate
Horsforth
Skipton
Keighley
Shipley
Bradford Forster Square
Leeds
Wakefield Westgate
Hull
Brough
Selby
Doncaster
Retford
Lincoln
Newark North Gate
Grantham
Peterborough
Stevenage
London King's Cross
National Express East Coast (NXEC)[2] was a train operating company in the United Kingdom, owned by National Express, that operated the InterCity East Coast franchise on the East Coast Main Line between London, Yorkshire, North East England and Scotland from December 2007 until November 2009.
During December 2006, the previous franchisee Sea Containers, operating via its subsidiary Great North Eastern Railway (GNER), was stripped of the franchise after failing to meet overly-generous payments. During August 2007, National Express was awarded the franchise via a competitive tender; its bid was criticised for having offered similarly onerous payments to GNER. Within months of commencing operation in December 2007, NXEC became known for its cost-cutting measures and a noted drop in service level. The company became unable to meet its payment obligations, having forecast greater ridership than actually experienced while fuel costs had risen considerably. By early 2009, National Express was in talks with the government over possible financial assistance with the franchise. Months later, in light of National Express' plan to default on the franchise, the Department for Transport announced that the franchise would be re-nationalised. Hence, operations passed to the publicly-owned East Coast on 14 November 2009.
^NXEC Trains Limited 05876737 (Companies House extract). Register of Companies (Report). Companies House. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
^Legal name NXEC Trains Limited.[1]
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